Fred and Betty Sue Schuhmann find themselves nothing more than ordinary but for many in the community they are extraordinary. That is why they were honored as this year’s Santa’s Helpers.

Campbellsville/Taylor County Kiwanis Club members voted to name The Schuhmanns the recipients of this year’s Santa’s Helper Award. The award is presented each year to someone in the community who keeps the spirit of Christmas alive all year.

And, according to friends and family, no one embodies the giving spirit more than them.

For Scott and Amanda Hess, the Spoke Easy is the culmination of years of work, not only to start a bicycle shop in Campbellsville, but also to build on the city’s bicycling community.

“This is kind of our bud for flowering into a full community center,” Hess said. Serving our community means that bikes are for everyone, be it a competitive road cycling, mountain biking, campus riding or town travel.”

The new water tank near Taylor Regional Hospital could be finished by the end of the year, with work on the tank in Spurlington to start not long after that.

That is what Campbellsville Mayor Tony Young said early last week. He stated that the two tanks will each carry 1,000,000 gallons – the same as the one at Campbellsville University – in order to provide for a steady reserve of water.

The Central Kentucky News-Journal continues to partner with the jolliest man in the land, Santa Claus. We will deliver those letters to him at the North Pole before Christmas.

The CKNJ will also continue the tradition of publishing letters written by local children. A special edition of the paper will include letters to Santa from each class (pre-K through fifth grade) from all of our elementary schools.

TRH CEO Jane Wheatley said that in addition to having facilities for rehabilitation and physical therapy, the $5 million 15,347-square-foot building will house orthopedic surgeons Dr. Ruben Gonzalez and Dr. Galen Weiss, and a podiatrist, Dr. Matt Feltner.